Description. First edition, first printing of Burning Bright by John Steinbeck. Octavo, pp. Gray cloth boards, title printed in red on spine and cover. Stated “First Published By The Viking Press In November ” on copyright page. First edition dust jacket, $ Availability: Out of stock. Browse authors. Burning Bright. by John Steinbeck. The story is a simple morality play concerning Joe Saul, an aging man desperate for a child. His young wife, Mordeen, who loves him, suspects that he is sterile, and in order to please him by bearing him a child, she becomes pregnant by . Burning Bright. This work is in an experimental format that Steinbeck called a “play-novelette.”. Burning Bright was Steinbeck’s third attempt at this format, which included Of Mice and Men and The Moon is Down. However, of the three, the final form of Burning Bright cleaves most closely to the format as Steinbeck original conceived of it. Rather than providing only dialogue and short stage directions, .
Burning Bright: Author: John Steinbeck () was one of the great American writers. He is known for writing books filled with social criticism such as Tortilla Flats and The Grapes of Wrath. He won the Nobel Prize in for his "realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.". Burning Bright by John Steinbeck. The story is a simple morality play concerning Joe Saul, an aging man desperate for a child. His young wife, Mordeen, who loves him, suspects that he is sterile, and in order to please him by bearing him a child, she becomes pregnant by Saul's cocky young assistant, Victor. Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form by Steinbeck, John and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru
John Steinbeck is one of the great American writers of the twentieth century. His was the ability to paint vivid and stark portraits of America and its people in a minimal amount of words. "Burning Bright" is written in a style Steinbeck referred to as 'play-novelette', a short novel that reads like a play and one that could easily be adapted as such. Burning Bright. This work is in an experimental format that Steinbeck called a “play-novelette.”. Burning Bright was Steinbeck’s third attempt at this format, which included Of Mice and Men and The Moon is Down. However, of the three, the final form of Burning Bright cleaves most closely to the format as Steinbeck original conceived of it. Rather than providing only dialogue and short stage directions, as with a traditional play script, Steinbeck fleshed out the characters, situation. Burning Bright is a novella by John Steinbeck written as an experiment with producing a play in novel format. Rather than providing only the dialogue and brief stage directions as would be expected in a play, Steinbeck fleshes out the scenes with details of both the characters and the environment.
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